I think the key issue is a foreign interest, whether connected to Russia or not, hacking US secrets and using those secrets against the US or it's
politicians.

I think they care more about that than Hillary. The FBI want Wikileaks gone more than Hillary, trust me. Wikileaks is not only a matter of national
security but can interfere with their investigations and power.

Discrediting Wikileaks and making them look like nothing more than a Russian Propaganda site would be a great benefit to them.

I was throwing things out there as possibilities, the Hillary defense angle not the best. Though if they are after Hillary they want to be the ones
to do it, not some foreign hacker disregarding the secrets of this country that the FBI as civil servants are sworn to protect.

Small aside for this thread, but I read somewhere (not on MSM) that his wallet, watch and phone were stolen and there were signs of a tussle (as per
some robberies).

Those items were reported as not stolen along with credit cards wallet, while his family have said that nothing was stolen. They did also say that he
had bruises,

"Rich’s hands were bruised, his knees are bruised, his face is bruised, and yet he had two shots to his back, and yet they never took anything.”

The bruises could easily have happened when he fell forward to the ground from being shot. Think a rapid fall forward impacting his knees then his
hands, which did not support him so then his face hit the sidewalk.

I know personally of a man who was shot in the back at a rest stop. The two men responsible then freaked out and ran when he started yelling and
moaning, without robbing him. It was suspected that it could have been a gang ritual hit - they had to shoot someone as part of joining the gang, or
they just got spooked when he started yelling.

It is not impossible that robbery would have been secondary to a motive like that.

I think the key issue is a foreign interest, whether connected to Russia or not, hacking US secrets and using those secrets against the US or it's
politicians.

I think they care more about that than Hillary. The FBI want Wikileaks gone more than Hillary, trust me. Wikileaks is not only a matter of national
security but can interfere with their investigations and power.

Discrediting Wikileaks and making them look like nothing more than a Russian Propaganda site would be a great benefit to them.

I was throwing things out there as possibilities, the Hillary defense angle not the best. Though if they are after Hillary they want to be the ones
to do it, not some foreign hacker disregarding the secrets of this country that the FBI as civil servants are sworn to protect.

Some other leak site would instantly take its place.

So the FBI risking being caught lying would be for zero long term benefit.

So I think it makes way more sense that Russia gave assange the emails, then after Russia got caught. They told assange to drop a red herring.

It makes no sense for assange to mention Rich and not confirm he is the source.

By mentioning him you already outed him, leaving his family exc. open to attack.

Those items were reported as not stolen along with credit cards wallet, while his family have said that nothing was stolen. They did also say that he
had bruises,

"Rich’s hands were bruised, his knees are bruised, his face is bruised, and yet he had two shots to his back, and yet they never took anything.”

The bruises could easily have happened when he fell forward to the ground from being shot. Think a rapid fall forward impacting his knees then his
hands, which did not support him so then his face hit the sidewalk.

I know personally of a man who was shot in the back at a rest stop. The two men responsible then freaked out and ran when he started yelling and
moaning, without robbing him. It was suspected that it could have been a gang ritual hit - they had to shoot someone as part of joining the gang, or
they just got spooked when he started yelling.

It is not impossible that robbery would have been secondary to a motive like that.

Anything is possible, if you look at the police report it say it's, 'Open' so they are considering anything, though robbery was one item
mentioned...the ball is in their court.
The other thing is that he was still alive when found, so it is also just possible that there was something he wanted to hold on to, and maybe pushed
around a bit after he was shot, though I don't hear any mention of him say, being dragged.
I have not heard if they got anything from the phone call he was on when he was shot.

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